Matthew 4:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Although your people live in darkness, they will see a bright light. Although they live in the shadow of death, a light will shine on them.”

Cross References

Job 3:5

and send thick, gloomy shadows to fill it with dread.

Job 34:22

No evil person can hide in the deepest darkness.

Psalm 44:19

But you crushed us, and you covered us with deepest darkness where wild animals live.

Isaiah 9:1

But those who have suffered will no longer be in pain. The territories of Zebulun and Naphtali in Galilee were once hated. But this land of the Gentiles across the River Jordan and along the Mediterranean Sea will be greatly respected.

Isaiah 9:2

Those who walked in the dark have seen a bright light. And it shines upon everyone who lives in the land of darkest shadows.

Jeremiah 13:16

You hope for light, but God is sending darkness. Evening shadows already deepen in the hills. So return to God and confess your sins to him before you trip and fall.

Amos 5:8

But the LORD created the stars and put them in place. He turns darkness to dawn and daylight to darkness; he scoops up the ocean and empties it on the earth.

Micah 7:8

My enemies, don't be glad because of my troubles! I may have fallen, but I will get up; I may be sitting in the dark, but the LORD is my light.

Luke 2:32

Your mighty power is a light for all nations, and it will bring honour to your people Israel.”